All 4 Uses of
galaxy
in
Tunnel In the Sky
- Rod tried to count them, made it possibly sixty-three wagons as the last one rumbled through the gate....and was gone, already half a galaxy away.†
Chpt 1 *galaxy = collection of star systems held together by gravity
- Our Galaxy contains in excess of one hundred thousand Earth-type planets, each as warm and motherly to men as sweet Terra.†
Chpt 2
- Galaxy Features?†
Chpt 15
- You remember me telling the class that every planet has unique dangers, different from every other planet in the Galaxy?†
Chpt 15
Definition:
a collection of star systems held together by gravity -- for example, our sun is a star whose system includes Earth and the other planets. That star system is a tiny part of the Milky Way galaxy